Weatherday: And the winner is Ballyheron
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| The lake at JFK Memorial Park near New Ross. |
Early light rain will clear by lunchtime to give a mostly dry day. Cloud will persist. Temperature up to 17deg in light variable breeze.
On this day in 1921, Athgarvan and Ballymore Eustace were among 11 local places where post offices were raided, with cash, stamps and postal orders taken. Trees and telegraph poles were felled on the approach roads to the Curragh Racecourse, where the Irish Derby was being held. (Timeline of the War of Independence in Co Kildare.)
